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Shooting at Circle K under investigation

A shooting at a Circle K left one man wounded in the neck Thursday after an attempt to sell marijuana turned into a struggle and eventually a shooting, said Lt. James McQuaig, spokesman for the Leon County Sheriff's Office.

Jack Davidson, 23, was found by deputies at 6706 Thomasville Road and appeared to have been shot in the neck. Davidson had agreed to meet Keith Burks, 31, on Bradfordville Road to sell him marijuana, according to the preliminary investigation. Burks pulled a gun and demanded all of the drugs, McQuaig said. A struggle ensued and Burks shot at Davidson who was in his car. Davidson then hit Burks with his car, breaking his leg.

Both men were treated at Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare and Burks was arrested and taken to Leon County Jail. The investigation is ongoing.

Woman arrested in child support payment theft

A woman has been arrested in connection with the theft of child support payments from the Jefferson County Clerk of the Courts system.

Stephanie Massey Footman, whose responsibility as an employee at the clerk's office was to accept child support payments and enter them into the clerk of courts system, was arrested in connection with 18 missing child support payments from February 2012 to September 2012, according to court documents. The 18 payments add up to $4,238.00.

The discovery was made after a citizen produced a receipt to the clerk's office showing that his child support payment was signed by an "S. Footman." A check of the clerk's office system did not show that his cash deposit had been made.

According to court documents, Chief Deputy Clerk Tyler McNeil searched Footman's desk, revealing 17 more child support payment receipts that had not been entered into the system.

Meningitis claims second Fla. life

Florida has experienced its second death related to the fungal meningitis outbreak while the number of confirmed cases in the state rises to seven, according to the Florida Department of Health. An 83-year-old Marion County man died as a result of the outbreak which now has a death count of 14 nationwide and a case count of 170, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

- Democrat staff

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Big Bend news briefs

A shooting at a Circle K left one man wounded in the neck Thursday after an attempt to sell marijuana turned into a struggle and eventually a shooting, said Lt. James McQuaig, spokesman for the Leon